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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-10-26
The Date Palm.

In Fresno county the date palm is at
tracing great attention, and is being ex'
tensively planted for its fruit. 1t is a
beautiful tree, and in its native country
will bear a full crop of dates in eight
wears from the seed-in this climate it
NAV take longer. When grown the
tree is eight feet high. 1t fruits in
August, Yielding from one hundred to
four hundred pounds of dates to tree.
The cultivation of this tree for its fruit
will doubtless become great industry
in this State, especially on the hot, sandy
plains of San Joaquin. The seeds Of
dates that may be bought at any groce'y
stare are used by the Fr .sno people in
plan,;ng.-San Joaqu (Cal.) Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-10-26
Washington.

WASHINGTON is the best shaded city in the
world. At present there are $4,000 shade
trees in its streets.
GENERAL ROCHESTER thinks the army
salary list will call for $31S,OO0 extra next
year.
GENERAL BERDEN has prepared drafts OF
seven pension bills, which heproposes to have
offered in Congress at the coming session.
THE last report of the Department of Agri-
culture shows the average condition of crops
to be as follows: Corn, 72.S; oats. 95; barley
80; buckwheat, Il; potatoes, Gl.5; cotton,
765; tobacco, 75.5. The yield of corn will
be about 450, ,000, 900 bushels; oats, 6OO, ,OOO,-
600; barley, A,OO0,0OO.
The percentage of funds which depository
banks may be allowed to hold upon bond So
curities has been increased, in order to allow
the banks to make profitable use of the funds
The Treasury surplus is now being used in
this way.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-10-26
Keeping Her Chickens at Home.

A Maine woman, who takes pleasure in
her poultry, has adopted a simple but ex-
cellcnt method for keeping her chickens
at home. She ties small corn cob to
one leg, allowing it to dangle at dis
tance of about six inches. The fowl can
scratch and get about with ease, but, it
is said, will not attempt to fly over
palings OF squeeze through a crack.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-10-26
AUTUMN DAYS

A wealth Of beauty meets my eye
Yellow and green, and brown and white,
In one vast blaze of glory fill
My happy sight.
The rich-robed trees. the ripening corn,
Bright colored with September fire.
Fulfllment Of the farmers hope,
And years desire.
Sweet in the air are joyous sounds
Of bird and bee and running brook;
And plenteous fruits hang ripening round,
Where'er look.
The mellow splendor softly falls
On morning mists and evening dews, =.
And colors trees and flowers and clouds
With thousand hues. -
o dreaming clouds, with silver fringedt
watch ye gathering side by side,
Like armies in the solemn skies, ..t
In stately pride. ..,
I love the woods, the charming woods,
Fast deepening down to russell glow,
When autumn, like brunette queen,
Rules all below.
The soul of beauty hallnts the heavens, !.
Nor leaves for long the warm-faced earth,
And, like mother, the kind air :
To life gives birth. "sa=t
But Death rides past upon the gale, ~
And blows the rustling golden leaves;
They whirl and fall, and rot and die, 3
And my heart grieves.
Farewell O autumn days, farewell ~
Ye 60; but we shall meet again,
AS old friends who are parted long
BY the wild main. ..s
William Co,ran.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-10-26
A MURDEROUS INDIAN.
he Cuts OFF the Heads of His Three
Guards and Escapes.

He Cuts On the Heads OF HIS Three
Guards and Escapes.
Deputy United States Marshall Phillips,
with three assistants as posse and guards, a
few days ago arrested Henry NJ. Kizoit full
blooded Chickasaw, eighteen years of age,
near Eufaula, Indian Territory. Not being
able to make the town during the evening the
party camped On the prairie, with the excep-
tion of Phillips, who rode on ahead.
After waiting until noon next day for the
srrivaI of the guards with the prisoner Phil
lips rode back and found the entire posse killed,
their heads having been cut off while they
Sept. The logs and branches from the
camp fire were piled on top Of them, and
the greater part of their bodies was con-
sumed. a pool of blood indicated that they
had all been killed by an axe while sleeping,
as the three heads, severed from their bodies,
were lying es they rested. The prisoner who
did the deed, escaped
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-10-26
THE CORN CROP.
An Estimate Of the Yield--Compari'
son With Last Year.

son Win LdSC Il car.
The Chicago daily Trade Bulletin has re.
ceived the averages Of the condition of the
corn crop by States from the Department of
Agriculture at Washington and makes the
following calculations: Area planted in
1887, reported at n, 7,es6,a9a acres, an increas,
of 2, ,292, 1884, or Sper cent. compared with the
returns of 1856. The average condition by
States is 72.6 and the average yield 1895
bushels. The Department of Agriculture re.
ports the condition at 1913, and the yield at
2O,O3 bushels: The aggregate yield is cal. a!
the seven States which produce the CONNER
cial surplus is SS3, O00 bushels, or 7,OOO,-
600 bushels less than last year. OF the area
planted this year in these States q full crop
representing 100 per cent. would be about
1875. .OOO OOJ. bushels. The average yield in the
corn belt is 31.SO bushels against 25.4O bush
ais last year.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-10-26

A CHILD Just born to Mr.. and Mrs. Bohn,
of East Dubuque, Ia, is without eyes. A sur
glcal operation failed to reveal the slightest
trace in any form of optics. In other re-
spects the child is perfect and unusually
strong and well shaped
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-10-26

TIE oldest ex-United States Senators now
are Simon Cameron, Of Pennsylvania, born
in 1893: James Bradbury, of Maine, born in
1906: Jefferson Davis, Of Mississippi, born in
1895. ani Hannibal Hamlin, of Maine, born
in 1S01 )
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-10-26

THE house in Washington in which Payne
attempted to murder Secretary Seward at the
time of Lincoln's assassination is now offered
for sale. 1t has long been used as the head
quarters Of the CommisSarY- General
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-10-26
THE NATIONAL GAME.

MIKE KELLY is to be one of Boston's regu-
lar catcherS next season.
INDIANAPOLIS and Pittsburg haven't won
q game at Detroit this season.
CHICAGO has won the series from all League
clubs but Pittsburg and Boston.
THE Philadelphias attribute the loss OF the
pennant to the want of a competent second
baSeman.
THE players made all the money in the In.
formation League this season and grumbled
because they did not get more.
BALDWIN, of the Cincinnatis, was recently
fined SS5 on the ball field by Umpire Con-
nelly for using vile and abusive language
PRESIDENT STEARNs, of the Champion
Detroit Club, acknowledges that without
Bennett the club would not have been where
it is now.
EIGHTEEN men have officiated as umpires
in the American Association this season, and
only one (McQuade) has lasted the season
through
In the worlds championship series, any
and all fines imposed on players are to be
sustained, and devoted to some charitable
institution in st. Louis and Detroit.
MANAGER WRIGHT, of the Detroits says
he should like to open the season next year
with precisely the same team that he has
now 1t is good enough team Tor
starter.
SuoRT.Srop WARD is credited with hit
in every game the New Yorks played with
the Pittsburghs. This is quite rare per-
formance, and few players can boast of the
same record.
In the series between the Eastern and
Western Clubs of the League, the former
won l4J games to l36 for the latter, the
Philadelphia Club leading the Eastern divi-
sioa with forty-three victories.
LITTLE PAUL RADFoRD, Of the Metropoli-
tans, has made over one hundred runs. He
is looked upon rs one of the best run getters
in the American Association. He takes des.
perate chances when on the bases
THE NATIONAL LEAGUE.
The League season ended with only the In.
dianapolis Club playing its full number OF
games. The Detroits are the champions Tor
ha
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-10-26

THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
The American Association practically
ended itss season as follows, the ST. Louis Club
easily retaining the championship:
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-09-16
How Rich Lady Rebuked the
SnObs.

a few days ago lady from San
Francisco, who has a very solid bank
account, went to Lake Tahoe on a
pleasure trip with her daughter. She
concluded that she would have a
good time and took along some plain
servecible clothes and no iewelry.
When she struck one Of the fashion
able resorts she found herself In the
midst OF lot Of people making a vul-
gar display of clothes and diamonds,
and every time she turned around
she was the subject of the aos5 un-
merciful snubbing She was put of
in an obscure corner to e6t, and one
OF hefashionsbleguests condescended
to show her the slightest ciyility
This is the way in which she got
eyenD
The lady bit her lips for a few days,
| took IN the situation and with true
| feminine instinct decided. on revenge.
She dropped a line below, and present
| Nv there was deposited as che hotel
/ twelve Saratoga trunks, Way-billed to
her address. She and her daughter
retired to their rooms and that even
ing came down to the dining.room IN
a blaze of lace and diamonds that
took everybody's breath away. No
such gorgeous or tasty toilettes had
ever bewildered the guests Of the hotel
! before, It blinded the eye to look at
! the pair as they quietly entered the
room. The steward alter recovering
his noise. rushed forward and pulled
1 out two chairs from the most fashion
able table in the hotel. She shook
| her head and replied: aeThe old table
will do, and went to the obscure cor
ner, where she had eaten all The time.
The utmost CONSERVATION spread
through the dining-room, and
the low hum OF voices rose to
fashionable buzz as they warmly
discussed the situation. Wasn't 1t
awful? They had been suubbing d
woman and her daughter all the week
who could Outdress them all. In the
evening they attempted to hedge, but
couldn't to any considerable extent.
The dudes tried to shine up to the girl
but she wouldn't have it, and those
4 who tried TO scrape an acquain tance
with the mother found it like trying
to run funnel into an iceberg. For
while she flashed like comet
through that hotel into constant
change OF ravishing toilettes, each
more costly and bewildering than the
Others, until, like the kings who ped
! estrianized in Macbeth, they threat
ened to stretch out till the crack Of
doom. AT the end of the week it was
| learned from the ciiassberInaid that
| she had only gone through hall Of her
immense Saratogas. The army oi
snobs was routed Then the quiet lit
tie lady resumed her plain clothes, put
ON an old straw hat with her daugh-
ka.. AID . slaesslsskalsg had tiaa pnnlnnas
! to be down at the wharf fishing in au
/ old calico dress.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-09-16

ing all those functions for which q no-
bic womanhood was planned; selfrlor-
getiul, elf-effaceful, living as true wonl-
en- love to live--only for others, hap
py in their happiness, fond OF the
daughter she bore and of the new son
VINO has come TO her with 8 ldi05iieI 5
fondness2 There can be no prettier
domestic picture, nor one which is Oft
cner true. And when the mother-in-
law has changed into thegrandmothsf
there are few who viii deny it's truth,
for it Is manifest for oil to see.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-09-16
story of q CIRCUS woman.

The circus woman who rushes into
the ring, bows, catches q strap with
her teeth and is hauled to the top Of
the tent. where she finds rest on q
single swinging trapeze bar, has no
sinecure. A New York Mail and Ex-
press reporter interviewed one Of
these queens OF the air. She said:
eThe art Of balancing on q swing
trapeze is more difficult than active
gymnastics. Ibegan to accustom my
self to the circus ring at 2 years OF
age. Az z could turn handsprings.
NV mother was slack-wire walker,
and her ambition was to have me tol-
low in her footsteps, so to speak.
Somehow ] had an antipathy to the
slack-wire, but gradually 1 was
brought to the balance on it. At the
age Of 10 j could do a little walking on
the wire, but / always kept the wire
swinging to and fro. In a few years
more could do anything on theslack
wire, and grew ambitious to perform
other facts. was between IL
and 18 years old when ] first as
cended to q high trapeze bar. A
network was spread under to catch
me if / fell. The more looked below
the more certain | became that !
could never get used to the high
trapeze. My instructor shouted up
to me not to look down at all, but to
keep my eyes fastened upon the ropes
that supported the trapeze bar.
should have known that before be-
cause in balancing on the slack-wire
always kept my eyes on a level IN
front OF me. Iobeyed orders, and be.
gan to try what is known as thesimple
balance position. / slipped and
/ wheeled through the air. to the netting
below. / wanted to give it up then
All my ambition seemed to ooze out
Of me. But was made to go right uI
again aud try it over. That angered
me and / became reckless. succeed
ed admirably. Day alter day ! would
60 up and work four or FIVE hour;
steadily. Did ever fall2 Yes, once
but, forCunate1r, | la,. .e network tx
| catal me. Hoy did / fall? I was en-
gagged to be married to an acrobat
and rider and in q foolish moment
turned my eyes down to the ring tx
see him and, losing my balance, be
fore could grasp the rope l tumblee
/ of very gracefully and fell IN q heal
on the network below. ] am married
now, SO see enough Of my husband
| without looking at him while ! per
form"
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-09-16
AGhastIy Table.

In the Pitt palace at Florence, Ita.
Iy, says the Medical Press and Circu-
il 4 table which, for originality In
the mate ef 81 construction and ghast-
Illness in conception, is probably VIII,
out q rival. It was made BY Giuseppe
sagatti, who passed several years oi
his life in its manufacture. TO the
casual observer it gives the impress
sion of q curious mosaic Of marbles OF
different shades and colors, foY it
looks like polished stone. ID resfsfs
it is composed of human muscles and
viscera. No less than 100 bodies were
required for the material The table
IS round and about ward iii DIANE.
ter, with q pedestaland four-claw feet,
the whole being formed Of petrifed hu.
man remains. The ornaments ot the
pedestal are made from theintestines,
the claws with hearts, livers and lungs,
the natural color Of which is preserv-
ed. The table top is constructed Gfe
muscles artistically arranged, and it
is bordered with upward of loo eyes,
the effect Of which IS said to be highly
artistic, since they retain all their lus.
tire and seem to follow the observer.
Sagatti died about fifty years ago.
He obtained his bodies from the hos
pitfalls and indurated them by irnpreg.
nation with mineral salts.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-09-16
The Much-Abused Mother-in-
Law.


The mother-in-law is constantly
and generally most uniustly the sub
ject Of newspaper paragraphers' gibes
and weak jokes. But the st. Louis
Republican thinks it is time to effect
reform, and starts off with these
good words for the much-abused
mother-in-law. Certainly we can't
have too many mothers -in.law of the
sort described, and happy should be
the sons-in-law of such:
After all, what is mother-in-law?
It's ones wife's mother in practice,
although it may also be ones hus-
bands mother ia theory. Her one
crime is her responsibility for the
existence, the education and the for
nation of the wife. A mother-in-law
ean be an object Of loatthiiig only essallysE
when she interferes on behalf Of the
wife, and if interference were not
necessary 1t would hardly cause as
much feeling. But wise mothers do
not even interfere. There IS too much
diplomacy In the feminine nina for
anything so apparent. There pur-
nose is certainly the happiness of the.
young people, and ii the experience
which a longer life gives means any
thing, it means the greater power to
avoid mistakes. To cry out against
experience when it Sioes not jump
with ones WINS Is like crying out
against dsinine because it is bitter.
Certainly there are as many foolish
old women in the world as there are
foolish young ones, and the wise man,
the sage, should select mother-in-
law with almost as much care as he
should use in selecting vile. There
never was anything truer than the
old rhyme
But my daughters my daughter the whole
Of her life.
And the wooer should recognize
this truth and govern himself
accordingly II he chooses wisely,
both as to parent and child, he willbe
happy as the day is long, and no win
pass on his happiness TO another gen
GRAFTON and furnish some other lucky
fellow with an equally admirable
mother in-iaw when his time comes.
Unfortunately, people do not always
do this. They run after white fluffy
petticoat and d pair of blue eyes, and
are most clamorously unhappy when
they find out what they have done
Who does not know families where
the wife's mother is honorei, o lovely
and loving unit, strong in her power
for good; tender, gentle and useful; GIL,
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-09-16

Ex- Senator FERRY ol Michigan, who iaig.
ed in 1882 for 81, SOC. 900. has paid 81
ST, 200 600 Of his debts By the hardest
kind ol work.
The St. Johns herald., 1887-11-10

But the real consolidation of the South did not take place until the end of the civil war. What then occurred? The Supreme Court of the United States, delivering it's opinion by the mouth of Salmon ?. Chase, declared that this Repub- lie was composed of an indestruct- ible general government and of in destructible sovereign States. The general government was indestruct- ible and the States were indestruct- ible. That was the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, delivered by no less a man than Salmon P. Chase. But did the fed eral leaders in Congress accept .that?"
The St. Johns herald., 1887-11-10
WhO Made the South Solid!

We give the following extract from speech of Allen G. Thur man, of Ohio, delivered recently at Kenton. The speech, it is said, made a profound impression, apart from the eminence of the author and his treatment of national poli tics, in its personal references, and the intimation that it would in all probability be his last public ad- dress. We wish we had space for the entire speech, as it is as full of nuts for the Republican to crack as an egg is of meat. The venerable Senator said:
 Who made the solid South? That is a question I want these peo- pie to answer. That is a question I want you to think about. Who made the solid South? Before the civil war the South was not solid, and neither was the North. Ken lucky all the time or nearly so; Tennessee the greater part of the time; North Carolina generally :; Georgia almost always Florida the greater part of the time; Louisiana the greater part of the time, were steady and reliable Whig States. Nearly half the Southern States cast their votes for the Whig can didate against the Democracy. There was no solid South, and neither was the North solid. State after State voted the Whig ticket. But even New England, Connecti- cut and New Hampshire could be relied upon as Democratic States almost as much as Kentucky can now. New York was nearly always Democratic; Pennsylvania was the once the Keystone State ot democ- racy, and Ohio, you know it, has voted the Democratic ticket for President nearly as many times as 1t has voted the other ticket. h. diana, Illinois and so on; there was no sectional party then. It was not until the Republican party was born, in lS56, l believe; it was not until that party was born that sec tional lines were drawn, that geo. graphical lines were drawn, and the people on one side of the line be- gan to form into one party, and those on the other into another.
The St. Johns herald., 1887-11-10

general satisfaction, than the editor himself; no editor, probably, has ever lived who has not been in- structed concerning his particular duties, time and time again, by readers whose critical tastes have not been pleased by the policy he has pursued. Hence the Nlinneap- oils Tribune invites all it's readers to contribute to it's columns short, pithy articles, giving their views as to "How a Newspaper Should be Conducted"
The St. Johns herald., 1887-11-10
Concerning Cooks.

The only kind of cook we know anything about is the artist who presides at the tail end of a mess wagon.
 We see hls inner life and know the working of his mind. In a restaurant the waiter brings your food from the kitchen. There is nothing in the meal to indicate the state of affairs on the other side of the door. The cook may have been raising the very deuce in there, but you do not know it.
 In a COW camp it is different. When the wood is wet, the team baked or the cooks temper tried in any of the numerous ways a cooks temper can be tried, you feel it without being told, almost taste it in the coffee.
 The perfect cook combining, so- berness, activity, good cooking, good driving, pleasant manners and early rising has not been produced yet. He may be in the next gene ration, but we rather doubt it.
 
 A young man comes from the east and starts in to cook-he gives satisfaction and seems contented. Soon, however, the spirit of the boundless prairie oyercomes him !;
The St. Johns herald., 1887-11-10
Boiler Explosion.

A displtch to the Journal-Miner from Ash Fork dated the 1st inst, says This morning at 12 20 o'clock engine No. 27, on an extra west bound freight train, Carmine, con ductor, when three miles west of Ash Fork, exploded her boiler, kill ing Engineer Schroter, Fireman Lang and Head Brakeman Trapp. The bodies were found about two hundred yards from the track, frightfully mangled and tom, and only recognizable by their clothes. The explosion made complete wreck of the engine, also wrecked and threw off the track six cars in the train. Parts of the engine were found scattered all around the scene of the wreck, parts of it being blown two miles. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen have taken charge of the bodies. The fireman and brakeman were making their first trip, and the latter leaves a wife and two children.
 No. P was fifty-six ton engine, tarantula pattern, and was consid- cred one of the finest on the road. Billy Gibson, at present engineer on the Prescott & Arizona Central railroad, was employed as fireman